Home Building & Woodworking in Colonial America, by C. Keith, M.d. Wilbur. 121 Pages. Softbound. This sourcebook of 17th and 18th century construction reveals the expertise and foresight of Colonial builders who created structure that could withstand decades, even centuries, of wear and weather. Hundreds of wonderful line drawings accompanied by fascinating text reveal the lost of art of home building as practiced by fledgling settlements throughout New England, the Middle Colonies, and the South. From choosing trees to the fretwork of the staircase, Wilbur traces every step of construction in the pre-Revolutionary home as well as provides a chronology of the woodworking tools used. This book will captivate historians, homebuilders and lovers of Colonial architecture. $15.95 (BK-0321)